Flora Renz
@florarenz.bsky.social
Academic law person at King’s College. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also in case my employer is reading this: lots of criminal law. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
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Here, I wrote something.
"It is incumbent on the Irish government and the Irish public to fulfil the promise of the nation and to continue to fight any transphobic and neocolonial encroachment on Irish shores."
dflw.ie/trans-rights...
"It is incumbent on the Irish government and the Irish public to fulfil the promise of the nation and to continue to fight any transphobic and neocolonial encroachment on Irish shores."
dflw.ie/trans-rights...
Trans-rights, neocolonialism & condemning transphobia - Doing Feminist Legal Work
Fine Gael Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill spoke in the Dáil on December 3rd on the subject of transphobia, which she definitively and
dflw.ie
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here, I wrote something.
"It is incumbent on the Irish government and the Irish public to fulfil the promise of the nation and to continue to fight any transphobic and neocolonial encroachment on Irish shores."
dflw.ie/trans-rights...
"It is incumbent on the Irish government and the Irish public to fulfil the promise of the nation and to continue to fight any transphobic and neocolonial encroachment on Irish shores."
dflw.ie/trans-rights...
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I’m disgusted that some senior DWP people have learned nothing about the scale of the misery their policies inflicted.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’m disgusted that some senior DWP people have learned nothing about the scale of the misery their policies inflicted.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
That’s our girl!
"The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
That’s our girl!
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I haven't seen it reported elsewhere, but there has been another Prevention of Future Deaths report by a Coroner for a very small child which highlights mould in the family home.
The details are distressing.
The details are distressing.
Abdullah Ali: Prevention of future death report - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Date of report: 01/12/2025 Ref: 2025-0604 Deceased name: Abdullah Ali Coroner name: Melanie Lee Coroner Area: Inner North London Category: Child Death (from 2015) This report is being sent to: Granddw...
www.judiciary.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I haven't seen it reported elsewhere, but there has been another Prevention of Future Deaths report by a Coroner for a very small child which highlights mould in the family home.
The details are distressing.
The details are distressing.
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Reminds me when I was a hunt saboteur at univ and a whole bunch of us were away in Spain and we each posted to the UK a bag of cement using the Fox and Hounds FREEPOST address - always amused me!
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reminds me when I was a hunt saboteur at univ and a whole bunch of us were away in Spain and we each posted to the UK a bag of cement using the Fox and Hounds FREEPOST address - always amused me!
The best kind of prison break
Norfolk’s wildlife mystery of the year. A beaver has appeared in the wild on the River Wensum for the first time in 400 years. Somewhere there is a breached beaver enclosure, but none of the nature reserves admit to losing one! Here's the intriguing story ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Beaver ‘escape artist’ mystery
A mysterious beaver has appeared in Norfolk, prompting excitement and an investigation into which enclosure it escaped from
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The best kind of prison break
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The chair of the EHRC at the time was Trevor Phillips, who has now said the SC judgement was the correct interpretation of the EA.
Isn’t it time for him to answer some questions about why he signed off a hugely consequential piece of secondary legislation that he apparently thought was inaccurate?
Isn’t it time for him to answer some questions about why he signed off a hugely consequential piece of secondary legislation that he apparently thought was inaccurate?
Snake oil salesmen like… the EHRC in 2011 who published trans inclusive statutory guidance approved by parliament? Hard to keep up here…
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The chair of the EHRC at the time was Trevor Phillips, who has now said the SC judgement was the correct interpretation of the EA.
Isn’t it time for him to answer some questions about why he signed off a hugely consequential piece of secondary legislation that he apparently thought was inaccurate?
Isn’t it time for him to answer some questions about why he signed off a hugely consequential piece of secondary legislation that he apparently thought was inaccurate?
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Great article from @amyborrett.ft.com. But it does make me wonder again why there was zero national media coverage when the University of Brighton closed down its big, decades-old campus in Eastbourne. Now of course, it would make a great case study for a journalist of the economic/cultural impact.
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Great article from @amyborrett.ft.com. But it does make me wonder again why there was zero national media coverage when the University of Brighton closed down its big, decades-old campus in Eastbourne. Now of course, it would make a great case study for a journalist of the economic/cultural impact.
I could not care less about where trans people pee, however my rage at all the men who use the sole disabled bathroom rather than venturing to the end of the corridor to the gents is burning with the fire of a million suns
December 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I could not care less about where trans people pee, however my rage at all the men who use the sole disabled bathroom rather than venturing to the end of the corridor to the gents is burning with the fire of a million suns
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You missed a perfect opportunity to cite my favourite licensing exemption: a bottle of Angostura Bitters, despite apparently being 40% ABV can be sold to 7-year-olds since legally it doesn't contain alcohol.
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1...
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1...
Licensing Act 2003
An Act to make provision about the regulation of the sale and supply of alcohol, the provision of entertainment and the provision of late night refreshment, about offences relating to alcohol and for ...
www.legislation.gov.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
You missed a perfect opportunity to cite my favourite licensing exemption: a bottle of Angostura Bitters, despite apparently being 40% ABV can be sold to 7-year-olds since legally it doesn't contain alcohol.
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1...
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1...
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Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers.
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
Deaf people who use BSL face ‘entrenched’ health and social care exclusion, say government advisers
Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers. The…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers.
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
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Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
centralbylines.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
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🎨 We're seeking a community-engaged artist with lived experience of disability, to work with young women on a creative response to the Jean Stone collection, for an exhibition at Wycombe Arts Centre in March.
For more info and to apply visit: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/news/call-fo...
🏛️🎓♿
For more info and to apply visit: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/news/call-fo...
🏛️🎓♿
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🎨 We're seeking a community-engaged artist with lived experience of disability, to work with young women on a creative response to the Jean Stone collection, for an exhibition at Wycombe Arts Centre in March.
For more info and to apply visit: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/news/call-fo...
🏛️🎓♿
For more info and to apply visit: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/news/call-fo...
🏛️🎓♿
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It's very obvious that if any other prominent politician had been so racist in school that it's haunted 20+ former classmates ever since, it would be treated like a bigger deal. We should examine how and why "still being very racist four decades later" is acting as Farage's protective shield.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's very obvious that if any other prominent politician had been so racist in school that it's haunted 20+ former classmates ever since, it would be treated like a bigger deal. We should examine how and why "still being very racist four decades later" is acting as Farage's protective shield.
Nothing quite prepares you for how much of your time in academia will be spent sending emails like this
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nothing quite prepares you for how much of your time in academia will be spent sending emails like this
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Yep. Social model is only so useful I’m afraid.
I'm seeing people (understandably) respond to Streeting's announcement re ADHD/autism with 'well yeah it really sucks in the UK, no wonder people have bad mental health'. Some people...do just have autism, ADHD or other mental illnesses?
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yep. Social model is only so useful I’m afraid.
This story is absolutely bananas and very clearly sets out how our legal system can so often be used to reinforce existing power imbalances
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This story is absolutely bananas and very clearly sets out how our legal system can so often be used to reinforce existing power imbalances
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
Say what you want but 'Islamo-Trans Left' would be an excellent Thrash Metal band name
Murray is a fascist and a crackpot but his summary here of the “Islamo-trans far left” is a pretty accurate summary of the general attitude of the majority of his media dork cohort. Yes, this is what the majority regard themselves as being belligerently lined up against.
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Say what you want but 'Islamo-Trans Left' would be an excellent Thrash Metal band name
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Yet more cutting of HE provision in the South East that's not London.
The coastal towns in England are among some of the most deprived in the UK - it's not just that present and future students are losing out, it's also the amount of JOBS being lost.
The coastal towns in England are among some of the most deprived in the UK - it's not just that present and future students are losing out, it's also the amount of JOBS being lost.
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yet more cutting of HE provision in the South East that's not London.
The coastal towns in England are among some of the most deprived in the UK - it's not just that present and future students are losing out, it's also the amount of JOBS being lost.
The coastal towns in England are among some of the most deprived in the UK - it's not just that present and future students are losing out, it's also the amount of JOBS being lost.
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If you...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
Avoiding The April 2026 Health Element Rate Cut To Universal Credit:
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
Has someone done a “what doctors say - and what they really mean” breakdown? Because I would love to know what warranted me a “this lovely lady” descriptor after a 3min consultation
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Has someone done a “what doctors say - and what they really mean” breakdown? Because I would love to know what warranted me a “this lovely lady” descriptor after a 3min consultation
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Apps for black feminist theory summer institute due 12/15. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can promise a week of exciting intellectual conversation, a delightful community of graduate students working on black feminist theory from an array of perspectives, and cookies.
Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Apps for black feminist theory summer institute due 12/15. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can promise a week of exciting intellectual conversation, a delightful community of graduate students working on black feminist theory from an array of perspectives, and cookies.
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if you have a billion dollars you should be legally designated a dragon and any human can adventure against you
September 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
if you have a billion dollars you should be legally designated a dragon and any human can adventure against you